Tato Grigalashvili wins gold medal at 2022 Judo World Masters competition
The European and World champion claimed his second Masters title in the 81 kg category after defeating his Azerbaijani rival Saeid Mollaei. Photo: International Judo Federation.
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Georgian wrestler Tato Grigalashvili claimed a gold medal at the 2022 Judo World Masters competition in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
The European and World champion claimed his second Masters title in the 81 kg category after defeating his Azerbaijani rival Saeid Mollaei.
It was a really fantastic year for me. […] I’m very happy because this year I got the highest results in the European, World and Masters championships. Thank you very much for supporting me”, Grigalashvili said to fans in comments following the victory.
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Grigalashvili was named the best male athlete at the Doha World Judo Masters in 2021, where the young wrestler earned his gold medal against Dutch rival Frank De Wit in the 81 kg category.
The 22 year-old Georgian also claimed gold at the Zagreb Grand Prix in Croatia last year and took first place at this year’s World Judo Championship in Tashkent.
Grigalashvili was named the Best Athlete of 2022 by the Georgian National Olympic Committee on Wednesday.
Georgian judoka Tato Grigalashvili has claimed gold at the World Judo Masters in Doha, Qatar earlier today. Grigalashvili, 21 has handed a defeat to his Dutch rival Frank De Wit in the under 81kg category. Doha is hosting the World Judo Masters on January 11-13.
Georgian judoka Tato Grigalashvili has claimed gold at the Zagreb Grand Prix in Croatia after defeating his Brazilian rival Guilherme Schmidt in the under 81kg category. Grigalashvili, 21, was ‘undoubtedly the most eagerly awaited athlete of the category, if not of the whole competition’.
Young Georgian wrestler Tato Grigalashvili was named the best male athlete at the Doha World Judo Masters, capping a competition where Georgian competitors earned five medals - including a gold for the young judoka.
Georgian judo wrestlers earned two of five prizes in the annual International Judo Federation public poll, with Lukhum Chkhvimiani and Tato Grigalashvili claiming honours from a shortlist of athletes.
Georgian wrestler Ilia Sulamanidze claimed a gold medal at the 2022 Judo World Masters competition in Jerusalem on Thursday.
The International Judo Federation on Tuesday published the final ranking of the year, with Georgian wrestler Ilia Sulamanidze listed at the top of the -100 kg weight category of the world’s leading athletes.